VMware Cloud Foundation has been the solution of choice for Enterprise IT administrators looking for a turn-key software-defined data center solution. Fundamentally, VMware Cloud Foundation brings together the different virtualization technologies – compute, storage, networking and management – to enable customers to build and operate a private or hybrid cloud as a single entity in Read more...
I’m pleased to announce the release of the VMware Cloud Foundation 3.0 Architecture Poster VMware Cloud Foundation includes the full software-defined data center stack including compute, storage, networking, cloud management, and workload migration. This major release has increased hardware flexibility with support for customer-defined networking and broad support for all vSAN ReadyNodes. VMware Cloud Foundation Read more...
VMware Cloud Foundation makes deploying and operating a VMware-based hybrid cloud easy in three ways: Standardization: Cloud Foundation implements a standardized, modern HCI architecture that is highly scalable and repeatable. Every Cloud Foundation deployment is built on this common architecture, which provides consistency and eliminates snowflakes. Unification and validation: Cloud Foundation combines the core building Read more...
According to IDC, 2020 will be the year when combined IT infrastructure spend on public and private clouds will eclipse spending on traditional data centers. The company predicts that public cloud will account for 32% of IT infrastructure spending, while private cloud will take 20% of the budget, totaling more than half of all infrastructure Read more...
On Dec 5th, 2017, VMware announced the upcoming release of VMware Cloud Foundation 2.3. This release comes with many new capabilities to help further simplify the tasks of deploying, operating and maintaining a VMware based hybrid cloud. In this post, I will introduce you to some of the more notable features in this release, to include Read more...
VMware Cloud Foundation brings together the building blocks of the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), namely vSphere, vSAN, and NSX, with the advanced automation capabilities of the VMware SDDC Manager. Combined, these components deliver an engineered integration of the core SDDC software stack. Whether you’re looking to build an on-premises private cloud, deploy the SDDC stack Read more...
I’d like to introduce you to a new VMware Cloud Foundation video series that we recently published on the VMware TV YouTube channel. As with any new product, it takes time to learn and understand the technical details of the solution. I know many of you have a lot of questions about the components, the Read more...
In the first of the “Meet the Engineer” series, we are speaking with Priyanka Tembey, a senior member of the technical staff on VMware Cloud Foundation, with primary responsibility over the SDDC Manager architecture and functionality. Interviewer: What is your role on the VMware Cloud Foundation R&D team? PRIYANKA: Within VMware Cloud Foundation, I look Read more...
VMware Cloud Foundation became generally available at VMworld 2016 and we have already started to see significant customer traction across industry verticals, such as healthcare, financial services, and federal sectors, and company sizes in the few months heading into 2017. The early customer adoption has revealed several key reasons as to why customers are choosing Read more...
For VMware Cloud Foundation, 2016 has been the year of many firsts – the general availability of the first release, initial adopters, and new exciting partnerships with Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM Cloud and vCloud Air to deliver a true cross-cloud hybrid solution for our customers. Today, we are happy to announce another first for Read more...
